The temperature in New York City has reached 100 degrees as the eastern U.S. sweltered under an extreme heat wave.

Extensive triple digit heat, broken temperature records and oppressive humidity piled up into a steaming mess as the heat dome crushing the Eastern half

By Patrick Wingrove NEW YORK (Reuters) -Tens of millions of people in major cities across the U.S. Northeast are facing record high temperatures on Tuesday on what was expected to be the worst day of an oppressive heat wave that has spread over much of the country since late last week.